PROJECT: THE HIDDEN DIMENSION.
The Hidden Dimension is an internationally-awarded short film about queer photographer Leo Maki. Created and produced by Studio Christian Ruess and Container Love, the short film is an intimate journey into the mind of the artist based in Poland and explores the creative process behind his work where sexuality, desire, and reality blends into beauty.
This film has attracted the attention of multiple international film festivals and it is currently in the run for several. The Hidden Dimension has been awarded at Cannes Lions with Silver at the Young Directors Award (YDA), winner at Berlin Commercial in the category of Craft Cinematography, obtained an Official Selection at HollyShorts Film Festival, part of the Academy Awards Qualifying, among many others. I work providing production coordination, communications, and PR & media placement including publications in Hypebeast, Fucking Young!, Número, Kaltblut, Sicky Mag, Hypebae. The Hidden Dimension is a film screened and promoted in international films during 2023.
FULL CREDITS
Starring Leo Maki. Directed by Ben Galster, Produced by Studio Christian Ruess & Container Love, Written by Ben Galster & Tom Czibolja, Executive Producer Christian Ruess, Director of Photography Bernhard Russow, Casting Director Robin Kulisch, Producer Julia Groszek, Production Coordinator Javier Zamora-Kalazich, Editor David Fabra / S EC Studio, Colorist Joseph Bicknell / Company 3, Visual Effects Katalyst Berlin, Additional VFX Tobias Lamp, Peter Marsden, Data Artists Harald Schaack, Denis Sokolowski, Tim Hunkemöller / Grotesk Group, Original Score Gordian Gleiß / 86Tales, Sound Designer Dennis Beckmann, Designer Funs Kurstjens, Steffen Leukel / OOOZ Club, 1ST Assistant Philip Ratuschny , 2ST Assistant Kalle Kallovsky, Gaffer Olaf Jurdyga, Griper Marek Rumak, Grip Assistant Patryk Świrski, Sound Recording Marcin Bary Popławski
